Manny Machado Moving up The Record Books

The San Diego Padres star third baseman Manny Machado continued to move up franchise and MLB leaderboards with his two-home run performance against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday.

San Diego Padres third baseman Manny Machado celebrates after hitting his second solo home run against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday at Petco Park. / David Frerker-USA TODAY Sports

The San Diego Padres are in the thick of the National League playoff race and earned a key victory on Tuesday against National League West division foes the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The Padres were down 5-3 and came back to win 6-5 after a walk-off RBI single from Donovan Solano. The win put San Diego half a game up for the third Wild Card spot in the NL over the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Tuesday was also another standout game from the Padres' star third baseman Manny Machado.

Machado had two home runs on Tuesday against the Dodgers. The first was a line drive to center in the bottom of the second that got San Diego on the board. The second was a fly ball to left-center in the bottom of the ninth that pulled the Padres to within one.

MONSTER MASH pic.twitter.com/taumo7AiLo

— San Diego Padres (@Padres) July 31, 2024

Machado not only gave his team some much-needed juice in its comeback efforts — he also moved up some very noteworthy lists.

According to tweets from TSN Statscentre — Machado's two home runs on Tuesday were his 153rd and 154th with San Diego. That puts him at fourth in franchise history in home runs behind Nate Colbert (163), Adrian Gonzalez (161) and Phil Nevin (156).

Machado had his 41st multi-home run game — the third most in MLB history from primary third baseman (also according to TSN Statscentre). Eddie Matthews has the most (49) and Mike Schmidt has the second-most (44).

(Related) Most career multi-homer games among (primary) 3rd basemen in MLB history (1876-):
49- Eddie Mathews
44- Mike Schmidt
41- Machado
40- Chipper Jones
33- Adrian Beltre
32- Vinny Castilla
31- Matt Williams
29- Troy Glaus
28- Mark Reynolds
27- Graig Nettles
27- Ryan… https://t.co/ZgagMXrZJJ

— StatsCentre (@StatsCentre) July 31, 2024

Machado has a .265 batting average this season with 16 home runs and 58 RBIs. Machado needs 10 more home runs to become the Padres' franchise leader in home runs. Machado has passed 26 home runs in a single season eight times in his career.

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